- Minke Whale Research - Dr Alister Birtles
The Minke Whale Project is a combined initiative of James Cook University, the Museum of Tropical Queensland and Undersea Explorer and is managed by the CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd..
- WDCS Australasia
is the Australian voice for the protection of whales, dolphins and their environment. WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, is the world's most active charity dedicated to the conservation and welfare of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (also known as cetaceans).
- Australian Conservation Foundation - Protecting Whales
- Whales-online
is a cetacean conservation website focusing on Southern
Hemisphere issues. The site will features online chat sessions and interviews with
cetacean researchers and campaigners from around the world, while providing
solid information for the interested public about the threats cetaceans
face. It will also feature a learning resource section for a younger
audience of upper primary and high school students.
- Australians for Animals
Australians for Animals Inc.(AFA) is a Byron Bay based environmental group working on whale and dolphin issues internationally and within Australia.
- ORRCA - Marine Mammal Rescue in Australia
Orrca Inc is a volunteer group focused on marine mammal rescue and research and they help care for the whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs in Australian waters.
- The Dolphin Research Institute.
is a non-profit research and education
organisation, dedicated to the protection of dolphins and the marine
environment. The management of Dolphin-based tourism is a major focus
for the Institute, along side the long-term study of the resident
population of bottlenose dolphins in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria , Australia
- Capricornia Cetaceans Project
is a boat-based dolphin research project conducted by Daniele Cagnazzi, a PhD student at the Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre.
- Centre for Whale Research (Western Australia)
is a non-profit research institute established in 1993 by Curt & Micheline-Nicole Jenner to conduct scientific research into whales, dolphins and porpoises. Studies conducted by it's researchers in NW Australia since 1990 have yielded new information regarding the behaviours and migratory characteristics of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Western Australia such as the discovery of this populations calving grounds.
- Western Whale Research (WWR)
was established by West Australian marine biologist Chris Burton in 1985. Chris has an unceasing passion for whales and their environment. WWR is an organization that provides research and consulting services in relation to cetacean populations in the marine environment. WWR has had increasing involvement in a wide range of research activities, both locally in Western Australian (WA) waters, and internationally in the Southern Ocean and the west coast of Africa.
- Muriel Brasseur - Western Australian Humpback Whale Research
A large-scale genetic study of the Western Australian Humpbacks (Antarctic Area Group IV) being undertaken at Edith Cowan University WA in conjunction with Curt and Micheline-Nicole Jenner Centre for Whale Research (WA)
- Whales Alive Australia
is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the protection and celebration of Whales and their fragile marine habitat and is working in a number of different areas on behalf of the endangered whales. Through education, training and vital research they are working to educate people about the whales fascinating natural history and what threatens their survival
- The Dolphin Society
An Australian-based research
institution dedicated to exploring the effects on people of interaction
with dolphins, and to developing methods of dolphin-assisted therapy. They also offer a swim program
- Whales in Danger present the 'World of the Whales'
An excellent Australian Whale and Dolphin Information site established and maintained by Graham Clarke.
- A brief guide to Whales in Australia
An excellent overview of Whales and Whale Watching information in Australia
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The South Australian Whale Centre
The South Australian Whale Centre at Victor Harbor is the focus of all whale related activity across southern Australia. The Centre also operates the Whale Information Service
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